Task force to be formed to track tourists

A New unit will help curb virus spread in Thailand

 

That Royal Thai Police is forming a special task force to track down tourists infected with Covid-19 as Thailand prepares to reopen its airspace to travellers.

Pol Lt Gen Sutin Suppuang will head the new division as commissioner of the CIB to establish a “Covid-19 Investigation Division” to avoid any potential future outbreaks.

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) will be in charge of tracking tourists, according to a source.

Although the government hasn’t opened its airspace to international flights yet,  Pol Lt Gen Sutin Suppuang said, ”this is just a blueprint on how the division will operate.”

CIB agents will be recruited from the Thai Marine Police Division, Highway Police and Natural Resources, and Environment Crime Suppression Division which normally works with the tourism sector.

They still don’t know how closely they will need to follow the tourists, it all depends on how well they use the online apps which already do most of the tracking.

It’s also expected for the highway patrol to set up checkpoints along roads to inspect tourists and take their temperature and log in their destinations.

Pol Maj Gen Worapong Thongpaibul, commander of Tourist Police Subdivision 1, said he’s getting ready to propose a new online application to track tourist movement.

He said the app will allow travelers to contact the police at any time and will work well with the already existing tracking tool, the Thai Chana platform.

Source: Task force to be formed to track tourists

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